Google Books Ngrams Viewer

Search for phrase occurrences in all of the books in the Google Books library. Why? Why not!

http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/

JCP approves JSR-336 (Java 7) and JSR-337 (Java 8)

The JCP has approved the JSRs surrounding Java 7 & 8, even though Apache threatened to leave the JCP. Apache is not happy with the licensing terms that Oracle put in place in regards to the TCK. The ball is back in Apache's court, did the JCP call their bluff or will Apache pack their bags?

Read developer.com's article: http://www.developer.com//java/jcp-passes-java-specs-despite-apaches-objections-to-oracle-licensing-.html

Graph Your Gmail emails

Very cool Chrome Extension that puts your emails in Gmail, into graphs. Check it out...

Graph Your Inbox is a Google Chrome extension that allows you to graph Gmail activity over time. You can use it to visualize your communication with friends, your Facebook activity, when you purchased items on Amazon or how often you use certain words or phrases. We provide the same search functionality used by Gmail, but instead of a list of messages we show you graphs of email trends over time.

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/lghnjmocfihonjdijomigppjlpdgdeji

Google Instant Search

A new game that will come from this is the searching for "white words". White words being those search words that result in a white results screen. The easy ones are penis, boob....
Also... this may make people scared to do searches in front of other people, as the auto-populating nature is very revealing of ones private internet usage history. When you type "T" in the new instant search, is TMZ at the top? :)

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Google Instant is a new search enhancement that shows results as you type. We are pushing the limits of our technology and infrastructure to help you get better search results, faster. Our key technical insight was that people type slowly, but read quickly, typically taking 300 milliseconds between keystrokes, but only 30 milliseconds (a tenth of the time!) to glance at another part of the page. This means that you can scan a results page while you type...

Did you know:
- Before Google Instant, the typical searcher took more than 9 seconds to enter a search term, and we saw many examples of searches that took 30-90 seconds to type.
- Using Google Instant can save 2-5 seconds per search.
- If everyone uses Google Instant globally, we estimate this will save more than 3.5 billion seconds a day. That’s 11 hours saved every second.
- 15 new technologies contribute to Google Instant functionality.

http://www.google.com/instant/#utm_campaign=launch&utm_medium=van&utm_source=instant

Thats my Boy!!

Making Daddy proud...

Solaris falls to an Oracle upper cut

Damn you Oracle. I'm not a Solaris user, but still...
http://opensource.sys-con.com/node/1342962

St Patty's Day 2010

We've only got another month or so in our current location. Working above an Irish Pub on St Patty's Day will be missed... sort of

http://fetchback.typepad.com/fetchback/2010/03/st-patricks-day-fetchback-style.html

An age of incomplete thoughts

Is it just me or does it seem like us techies live in an age of incomplete thoughts? Maybe it is my inability to keep up with the industry but I'd like to think that is not it. Seemingly every time I check my tweets, blogs, buzz blah blah from colleagues in the IT industry they are talking about some new tool, pattern, language or framework. It seems like we are so concerned with discovering the next new thing that we don't bother to complete existing ideas.

Are we distracted by pretty birds or is all this just an effect of me having a 2 year old boy, a new baby girl at home and a new home?

Tia Jacklyn Sellers

.. entered the world on 2-17-2010 at 12:09pm. She weighed 6lbs 12.8oz, was 20 3/4 inches tall and scored a 9 on the APGARD. Head measured 13 inches. An incredible incredible experience, unexplainable so I won't even try for fear of not living up to what it actually was. All I can say is that my Wife is the strongest person in the world.

Mom and Baby are doing great. Both are napping as Daddy reconnects with the cyber world.

I'm now the Father of a beautiful little girl. All boys out there, this is your first and last official warning. Be afraid and be FAR away from Tia. I know people...

Having our baby!!!

We were admitted last night and are continuing with the labor into today, February 17th. So far so good, the people here have been great and the labor is going as well as it could. Keeping fingers and toes crossed. Hopefully little Pink will be here soon!

Finally a home owner again!

Well, it has finally happened. After 6+ months in Mesa living with my parents in a retirement community, we have finally moved into our new home in north Phoenix.

Too busy to write any more. Still love my family, love my friends and love my job.

More to come...